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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, just another perspective on this.  My DH volunteers as an age-group coordinator in a local youth sports organization, and every season (2x/year) he rosters and schedules 500+ kids, 90% of whom come in with special requests.

It's like a part time job. But one of the perks is that he gets to decide the schedule for our son's team.  Is that fair?  I don't know.  But given the enormous amount of time he pours into this, and the fact that it's a largely behind-the-scenes position with little to no recognition of the hard work, it feels fair to me that he gets first dibs on the schedule.

I for one appreciate all the work that the PTO does so that I don't have to. And if the "perk" they get is first dibs on the signup form?  That seems okay to me.[/quote]

100% this. As a former PTO board member, what KILLED me were all these parents who never had two seconds to help out with anything we needed, but would show up 45 minutes before a school concert or other event to claim prime seating while those of us pouring our free time into the school sat on the floor or 15 rows back. And I say this as a mom who works FT out of the home in a demanding job.[/quote]

Lady - what? You think you are owed a good seat because you volunteer ? If you want to be in the front row go early. It’s a totally different thing and I say that as someone who does a fair amount of both fun and non fun volunteering around my own job.

This whole thread is totally crazy though. Our school is so happy to have volunteers at lunch! You walk around and help kids open their juice or whatever and hand out napkins. I did it because it was VERY eye opening but also because the staff really appreciates it. [/quote]

Exactly. She doesn’t realize parents don’t want to volunteer with the PTA because of people like her.[/quote]

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